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rupert murdoch currently controls 40% of british newspaper sales. does closing "news of the world," make much difference? >> i suspect that one of his other tabloids will have a sunday edition. i think the extraordinary thing is that we were ever prepared to allow this man to have this kind of control over british life. he has never really bought into this society. he is and i australian who became an american to preserve his media ownership. in america, you have to be an american to own substantial media interests. this is a cancer is pollution of corruption that has been led by this newspaper which appears to have no shame whatsoever and hacking into the mobile phone and messages from the mobile phone of a 13-year-old murder victim. >> this is a man who has been able to quite literally make and break prime ministers of great britain. >> i know exactly how it seems. it came about because mrs. thatcher, i think that she did great things for this country as everyone in america appreciates. i tell you, she fell upon the neck of murdoch because here wa
rupert murdoch currently controls 40% of british newspaper sales. does closing "news of the world," make much difference? >> i suspect that one of his other tabloids will have a sunday edition. i think the extraordinary thing is that we were ever prepared to allow this man to have this kind of control over british life. he has never really bought into this society. he is and i australian who became an american to preserve his media ownership. in america, you have to be an...
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we will see the murdoch empire moving on. rupert is 80. his son james is not that attached to newspapers. they are troubled. they do not make as much money as they ought to. we're looking to the future, not the past. >> let's look at the government now. what impact does this have on david cameron? the man who was his communications adviser is reportedly going to be a arrested tomorrow, linked to this scandal. he is very close to the news international executives. >> and the man in the streets as he remembers tony blair topping off to consort with rupert on the island and gordon brown constantly having his door open to visiting murdoch's and all of that. i do not think this is strictly a conservative-labor issue. there are those who believe david cameron should have had andy resign over the first allegations of hacking. he looks a bit stupid now. it does not do anything for his authority. uso voluble yesterday, saying that this is an outrage -- he was so valuable yesterday, saying that this is an outrage and something must be done about it.
we will see the murdoch empire moving on. rupert is 80. his son james is not that attached to newspapers. they are troubled. they do not make as much money as they ought to. we're looking to the future, not the past. >> let's look at the government now. what impact does this have on david cameron? the man who was his communications adviser is reportedly going to be a arrested tomorrow, linked to this scandal. he is very close to the news international executives. >> and the man in...
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murdoch but it's rupert murdoch who has sidestepped all of these issues and now i think he's left and he calls on to basically get annoyed with david cameron has now got the media chief that cameron selected into deep water. if cameron thinks that rupert murdoch is just going to lay off the british prime minister now i think you'd be being naive we can expect some pretty serious stories in coming weeks they will try and upset the british government here but this isn't just about politics this is also about as you mentioned earlier the links with the british police force with british law now this is this is going far deeper than a journalist and. a journalist scandal isn't it this is this is going far deeper i mean some say that rupert murdoch has debased civil life for so many decades but now we have scotland yard a name that is internationally recognised routinely it seems take bribes they initially were supposed to inquire into this phone hacking scandal where you hack into a phone for a celebrity or a dead british soldier or a murder victim and here we are hearing that the police w
murdoch but it's rupert murdoch who has sidestepped all of these issues and now i think he's left and he calls on to basically get annoyed with david cameron has now got the media chief that cameron selected into deep water. if cameron thinks that rupert murdoch is just going to lay off the british prime minister now i think you'd be being naive we can expect some pretty serious stories in coming weeks they will try and upset the british government here but this isn't just about politics this...
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murdoch like all british prime ministers they have to and i think some are saying that rupert murdoch was just annoyed about the b. sky b. issue there's a referral to the competition commission which certainly i think must be on the cards it's certainly been delayed it was supposed to be due this week and my sources in parliament are telling me that he's not going to get b. sky b. which will really engage even more off even more citizen kane wrote for murdoch in which case this isn't this p.r. ploy may mean he's just giving up this country and going to china and india for the future so you're saying that in fact by dropping the news of the world that would be a damage limitation exercise in that deal to go through that simply wouldn't work that way well a hundred sixty or a year or old newspaper with such a brand brand recognition it seems a crazy decision many people have remarked how poorly managed the papers have been under well titular head his son james murdoch we mustn't forget i mean the on the wall street journal the new york post a newspaper in turkey was just bored they may
murdoch like all british prime ministers they have to and i think some are saying that rupert murdoch was just annoyed about the b. sky b. issue there's a referral to the competition commission which certainly i think must be on the cards it's certainly been delayed it was supposed to be due this week and my sources in parliament are telling me that he's not going to get b. sky b. which will really engage even more off even more citizen kane wrote for murdoch in which case this isn't this p.r....
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well i think this dramatic gesture was an attempt by rupert murdoch to say i'm doing everything i can decline up you know my snake pit that the empire that i have whether that will will be enough i mean i don't know i mean personally i would suspect it's not because people are already seeing through this as a kind of stunt as a dramatic and something that the present journalist will certainly pay for but something that in the end doesn't really have a great deal of impact on me his empire and furthermore he could maybe in a year have a sunday sun the sun is the daily newspaper that he's very successful at and reopen something like that so you know if i said irene branded news of the world so a lot going to change then perhaps well bill it's possible i wouldn't count it out one circumstances have changed and once maybe he's got this peace deal once things of you know died down when certain people or maybe like and be colson as i say cameron's former advisor goes to jail or whatever one certain things have settled i wouldn't rule it out but i tell you the most important thing bill in my
well i think this dramatic gesture was an attempt by rupert murdoch to say i'm doing everything i can decline up you know my snake pit that the empire that i have whether that will will be enough i mean i don't know i mean personally i would suspect it's not because people are already seeing through this as a kind of stunt as a dramatic and something that the present journalist will certainly pay for but something that in the end doesn't really have a great deal of impact on me his empire and...
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that will be worrying rupert murdoch. let's look at some of the other news stories covering this hour. >>> the district attorney covering dominique strauss-kahn says he will not take himself off the case, despite the demand from the alleged victim's lawyer. the lawyer's accusation that the d.a.'s office leaked derogatory information about his client to the media is, quote, without merit. the hotel maid accused strauss-kahn of attempting to rape her in the spring. >>> the big three rating agencies following moody's downgrade on portugal's bonds on tuesday. the e.u. president suggests the downgrade to junk status might have anti-bias on the companies based in the united states. european legislators might fight back by imposing civil penalties on ratings agencies that get it wrong. there's talk of tighter regulations and a europe-based agency to replace the big three. >> portugal's fulfillment will be assessed on a quarterly basis. in this context, and the absence of facts on the new economy, by yesterday's decisions by one
that will be worrying rupert murdoch. let's look at some of the other news stories covering this hour. >>> the district attorney covering dominique strauss-kahn says he will not take himself off the case, despite the demand from the alleged victim's lawyer. the lawyer's accusation that the d.a.'s office leaked derogatory information about his client to the media is, quote, without merit. the hotel maid accused strauss-kahn of attempting to rape her in the spring. >>> the big...
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, confronts a -- by rupert murdoch, confronts a grave threat. ford, mitsubishi, other big companies with big brands say they don't want to advertise in the news of the world this weekend because they don't want to be associated with the shocking revelations about how the newspaper obtained stories. for news corporation, owner of skr news of the world" whose share price fell almost 4% today a reputational crisis looks like it could become a financial problem. rupert murdoch's news corporation wants to buy the 61% of british sky broadcasting it doesn't already own. now, my sources tell me that bieb's scored had taken the view that news corporation would have to pay around 9.6 billion pounds for the b sky b shares. the media regulator, it has a duty to be satisfied that the holder of a broadcasting license is fit and proper, there's a risk that the takeover could be blocked or unscrambled. so b sky b's directors may insist that newscorp may even more, to compensate for the risk that the deal may never happen. >> so there may be an incentive for new
, confronts a -- by rupert murdoch, confronts a grave threat. ford, mitsubishi, other big companies with big brands say they don't want to advertise in the news of the world this weekend because they don't want to be associated with the shocking revelations about how the newspaper obtained stories. for news corporation, owner of skr news of the world" whose share price fell almost 4% today a reputational crisis looks like it could become a financial problem. rupert murdoch's news...
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one of the only options that rupert murdoch himself had it was turning what was a perfectly good news corp and a very big brand toxic just by its very presence and would have continued to companies were withdrawing their advertising from the news of the world which would be less than very short of revenue in a very short space of time a red top newspaper like that needs the support of servicemen and their families and of course that would have been that if it come to light if it been proven. they had hacked into the phones of relatives of dead soldiers and of course the rest would have been made in connection with bribing the police very high profile arrests so really there are two things that we should take away from this for now one of them is really this kind of action couldn't have taken place without an ok from the very highest level and in fact i spoke to someone today who knew the editor of the current editor of the news of the world rupert murdoch said to her you have to keep this paper in high circulation around four million copies a day and you have to do it by any means pos
one of the only options that rupert murdoch himself had it was turning what was a perfectly good news corp and a very big brand toxic just by its very presence and would have continued to companies were withdrawing their advertising from the news of the world which would be less than very short of revenue in a very short space of time a red top newspaper like that needs the support of servicemen and their families and of course that would have been that if it come to light if it been proven....
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murdoch's global media and a public inquiry has been promised by the government. has the details. it started off relatively. really with just we understood that the news of the world had been allegedly hacking into the phones all celebrities and politicians and to be honest no one in this country really cared about that very much we we all think the celebrities and politicians are sort of fair game as far as that kind of thing is but then of course it escalated when it was alleged that the sunday at the newspaper attacked in two telephones of relatives of soldiers killed in combat and also that those caught up in the two thousand and five london bombings got of us which is today in fact also the most shocking thing really for a lot of people in the first thing that was revealed was that news of the world journalists are diligently hacked into the telephone of missing. who was later found to be and we also now know that allegedly seamy a police officer had been wrongly. on a criminal investigations and all the hope that you information the full. there are two thing
murdoch's global media and a public inquiry has been promised by the government. has the details. it started off relatively. really with just we understood that the news of the world had been allegedly hacking into the phones all celebrities and politicians and to be honest no one in this country really cared about that very much we we all think the celebrities and politicians are sort of fair game as far as that kind of thing is but then of course it escalated when it was alleged that the...
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direct from the heart of moscow this is r t certainly glad to have you with us billionaire media mogul rupert murdoch is pulling the plug on britain's biggest selling newspaper the news of the world the decision to stop the presses for good came after a phone hacking scandal engulfing the tabloid in a storm of public outrage and revulsion the papers accused of hacking into the phones of murder victims dead soldiers families and bribing police for help detectives leading what's now a huge criminal investigation say more than four thousand people could have been targeted with the british government promising an inquiry laura emmet reports from london. it started off relatively. really with just we understood the news of the world had been allegedly hacking into the phones all celebrities and politicians and to be honest no one in this country really cared about that very much we we all think celebrities and politicians are sort of fair game as far as that kind of thing is concerned but then of course it escalated when it was alleged that the sunday of the newspaper had tucked in to the telephon
direct from the heart of moscow this is r t certainly glad to have you with us billionaire media mogul rupert murdoch is pulling the plug on britain's biggest selling newspaper the news of the world the decision to stop the presses for good came after a phone hacking scandal engulfing the tabloid in a storm of public outrage and revulsion the papers accused of hacking into the phones of murder victims dead soldiers families and bribing police for help detectives leading what's now a huge...
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the current editor of the news of the world rupert murdoch said you have to keep this paper in high circulation around four million copies a day and you have to do it by any means possible so it's almost like he was giving the green light to that from the very beginning we don't know that of course and also is this an isolated incident tapping attacking something that goes on throughout the news corp and is it an isolated incident with the news corp or are there other newspapers in fact in the u.k. who engage in that kinds of those kinds of behavior there's a question we should be asking. a little earlier in london for more insight on the story let's now talk to rob lines deputy editor of the online magazine spike he's also joining us from london rob it's been known for years that the news of the world has been engaged in phone hacking yet it always been blamed on one or two rogue reporters so how was it allowed to go as far as it apparently has. well i mean i think the idea that it was only one or two rogue reporters was always a bit of a myth and i don't think very many people really believe
the current editor of the news of the world rupert murdoch said you have to keep this paper in high circulation around four million copies a day and you have to do it by any means possible so it's almost like he was giving the green light to that from the very beginning we don't know that of course and also is this an isolated incident tapping attacking something that goes on throughout the news corp and is it an isolated incident with the news corp or are there other newspapers in fact in the...
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rupert murdoch's paper, yes. >> very much a tabloid newspaper. so anyway. he's going head to head with this guy who actually hacked in. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> no, no, clearly -- >> you have no morals, no scruples at all. you didn't care who got hurt so long as you were able to sell your newspaper a lot of money. your only motive was profit. you're not journalists, you have no interest in journalism. you should try journalism. you're not an idiot, paul, you could probably d dit. >> ouch, thanks, hugh. >> we're journalists, clearly evidence anyone can do it. >> come, on now, hugh. so anyway. rupert murdoch, who also owns mamany other very important papers -- "wall street journal," for instance, "the new york post" -- he's saying they are investigating if this is true thatathis fellow did this. we're not going to call him a journalist because most of us disagree that is not something a journalist would do, hack into someone's phone account. >> very scandalous. >>> let's move on to la toya jackson. she's saying apparently her ex-husband b
rupert murdoch's paper, yes. >> very much a tabloid newspaper. so anyway. he's going head to head with this guy who actually hacked in. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> no, no, clearly -- >> you have no morals, no scruples at all. you didn't care who got hurt so long as you were able to sell your newspaper a lot of money. your only motive was profit. you're not journalists, you have no interest in journalism. you should try journalism. you're not an idiot, paul,...
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in sun valley, idaho today, media mogul rupert murdoch-- owner of parent company news corporation-- had no comment on the tabloid's closure. but his son james murdoch said in a statement to staffers: fundamentally, action taken a number of years ago by certain individuals, in what had been a good newsroom have breached the trust that the news of the world has with its readers. >> warner: those mistakes first came to light in 2005 when "news of the world" was accused of hacking into cell phone messages of members of the royal family and famous actors. other revelations followed, amid an ongoing but fitful police inquiry. this week, public outrage exploded with leaks from that inquiry, that the family of a murdered teenager milly dowler had been victimized. a private detective working for "news of the world" allegedly hacked her voice mail after she disappeared in 2002, and deleted some messages. the activity on her phone account gave them false hope she was still alive. then yesterday, relatives of victims of london's so-called 7/7 terror attacks in 2005 said they'd been told their messa
in sun valley, idaho today, media mogul rupert murdoch-- owner of parent company news corporation-- had no comment on the tabloid's closure. but his son james murdoch said in a statement to staffers: fundamentally, action taken a number of years ago by certain individuals, in what had been a good newsroom have breached the trust that the news of the world has with its readers. >> warner: those mistakes first came to light in 2005 when "news of the world" was accused of hacking...
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now owner rupert murdoch calls these new allegations deplorable, unacceptable and says news corporation will once again cooperate with police. thousands of citizens may have been victimized, and the paper is accused of paying police for information. but triggering the most outrage, allegations it hacked into the voice mail of 13-year-old millie dowler, abducted and murdered in 2002 while she was missing. and deleted messages as her voice mail filled up, which gave her family false hope she was alive. now a day before the six-year anniversary of the london terrorist bombings, families of those victims are hearing they, too, may have been hacked. >> i thought we were in a dark place and i didn't think we could get darker. >> interestingly enough, in america, we don't have this kind of journalism yet, and hopefully the american taste level is still such that it agrees this is just a bridge too far. >> reporter: at a time when news outlets face fierce competition, a tabloid that sells 35 million copies a year is finding the most shocking scandal of all right now comes from its own news room
now owner rupert murdoch calls these new allegations deplorable, unacceptable and says news corporation will once again cooperate with police. thousands of citizens may have been victimized, and the paper is accused of paying police for information. but triggering the most outrage, allegations it hacked into the voice mail of 13-year-old millie dowler, abducted and murdered in 2002 while she was missing. and deleted messages as her voice mail filled up, which gave her family false hope she was...
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so finally the statement from james murdoch, the son of rupert murdoch, saying if allegations are true, it is inhuman that the paper and the company had failed toss to the bottom of repeated wrongdoing. what it says here is wrongdoers turned a good newsroom into bad. this it won't carry any advertising, but the money from subscriptions will go to good causes, and it will be the last edition. >> richard, just because the end of "news of the world" doesn't necessarily mean the end of the investigation or scandal? >> oh, there are two investigations. one into phone hacking scandal. documents have been revealed showing the newspaper paid the police either for tips or whatever. on top of that there's whole questions of civil litigation. no, this is not going away. why they have chosen to close the newspaper will be the interesting question, was it on moral grounds alone or commercial grounds? this was a brand that was destroyed. >> all right. richard quest, we appreciate you, as always. thank you so much. >>> we're getting close to the bottom of the hour here on this afternoon edition of th
so finally the statement from james murdoch, the son of rupert murdoch, saying if allegations are true, it is inhuman that the paper and the company had failed toss to the bottom of repeated wrongdoing. what it says here is wrongdoers turned a good newsroom into bad. this it won't carry any advertising, but the money from subscriptions will go to good causes, and it will be the last edition. >> richard, just because the end of "news of the world" doesn't necessarily mean the end...